Pero los tiempos cambian, y los gustos también, y hoy nos encantan esas motos de aspecto retro, o vintage.
A excepcion de Triumph, que volvio recientemente al concepto con su Scrambler, el nombre lo dice todo, las marcas dejaron de hacer este tipo de motos, y los aficionados que empezamos a demandarlas, solo teníamos una salida, crearlas nosotros mismos.
El camino por el que se llega a este fin, se divide en dos, por un lado, lo mas lógico seria coger una moto de carretera, de cierto corte clásico, y transformarla en Scrambler, con las modificaciones antes mencionadas. Esto se ha hecho mucho, sobre todo con Triumphs y BMWs, pero otro camino, es empezar por el final, e ir transformando hacia atrás, es decir, coger una trail, e ir transformandola esteticamente para parecer una de aquellas viejas Scrambler, que es lo que aquí se ha hecho con la moto que os presento, la ventaja, es que al final, el aspecto es de clásica campera, pero en realidad es toda una trail, valida para cualquier aventura, o excursión campo a través, la desventaja, la transformación es mas complicada, mas elementos a renovar, o cambiar, ademas, los modelos transformables son muchos menos, ya que los modelos refrigerados por agua, son muchísimo mas complejos de hacer, sopena que hay bastantes menos modelos para elegir.
La elección ha caído sobre la monocilindrica mas grande fabricada, la Suzuki DR big 800, una moto con refrigeracion por aire, y con un chasis atractivo para volver a dejarlo " al aire".
The concept may be new to some of you, but the type of bike, certainly not. Before BMW launched its legendary r80 GS in 1980, and, shortly after, the Japanese followed this Trail tendencies with Africas Twin, Super Teneres, etc, the bikes, which were meant to tread, not only asphalt, but also sand and mud, were the Scramblers, and did not differ too much from their asphalt sisters, knobby tires, high exhaust, carter protection, and a little bit more upright handlebars, and voila! already have an off road motorcycle . For most needs, their skills were enough, but with the new fashion of the trail bikes, it were relegated until almost ceased to exist. While most owners only used them, and more today, to come and go to work, they used to like the look of "being able to go to run the Dakar at any time."
But times change, and tastes too, and today we love those retro look or vintage bikes.
With the exception of Triumph, who recently returned to the Scrambler concept with the Scrambler model, the name says it all, manufacturers stopped making these types of bikes, and the fans started to sue, we only had one way, creating them ourselves.
The way which you get to this end, is divided in two, on one hand, it would be more logical to get a road bike, truly classic look, and transform it into Scrambler, with the above amendments. This has been done a lot, especially with Triumphs and BMWs, but another way is to start at the end, and go turning back, I mean catch a trail, and go transforming it aesthetically to look like one of those old Scramblers, which is what has been done here with the bike that I present, the advantage is that, at the end, the look is classic, but it's actually a whole trail, valid for any adventure or offroad excursion, handicap, transformation is more complicated, more items to renew or change, addition, convertible models are far fewer, as the water cooled models are much more complex to make, there are far fewer models to choose from.
The choice has fallen on the biggest single cylinder manufacturer, the Suzuki DRbig 800, a bike with air cooling and an attractive chassis to return to leave "naked."
La base para comenzar a trabajar, como es lógico, estaba bastante " currada" mas de dos decadas de servicio a sus espaldas dejan huella, por lo que se desmontó por completo, y se rehízo tornillo a tornillo, el día de las fotos, el motor estaba aún en rodaje. La profusión de plásticos y tapas, le da un aspecto demasiado moderno, así que, todos fuera. La moto desnuda, ya tiene otro aspecto, dejando mas libertad a la imaginación.
El manillar se cambio por otro, mas estrecho, los relojes, aun siendo los mismos, se han rehubicado en unas carcasas cilindricas, al perder su lugar original en el carenado.
El faro delantero, cromado, para darle al conjunto un aire vintage. El deposito, es de una Yamaha SR, adaptado al nuevo cuadro, el asiento, artesanal, respeta los anclajes originales, para evitar tener que homologarlo, guardabarros trasero, de una OSSA, piloto vintage a juego con el faro, y portamaletas tambien artesanal, de plástico de alta densidad.
El resultado está a la vista, una moto de la "vieja escuela", pero con aptitudes off road reales, y de estreno.
The basis for starting work, of course, was quite "worn-out" more than two decades of service, leaves a track , so it was removed completely, and was remade screw by screw. The profusion of plastics gives it a modern look too, so everything out. The bike naked, has another aspect, leaving freedom to the imagination.
The handlebars was changed for a narrower one, indicators, even being the same, may relocate in a cylindrical case, losing its original place on the fairing.
The headlamp, chromed, to give a vintage look to the set. The deposit is a Yamaha SR one, adapted to the new place, the seat, craft made, respects the original anchors, to avoid having to homologate, rear fender, an OSSA aftermarket one, vintage rear pilot to match the front light, and also handmade luggage rack, high density plastic.
The result is in sight, an "old school" motorbike , but with real off road skills, and brand new.
Ugly Duck Motorcycles.
